Jeffrey Yarvis

Title(s)	Adjunct Assistant Professor
School	School of Social Work
Phone	+1 213 821 0900
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Biography

Awards and Honors

Department of the Army	2012	Alpha Proficiency Designator
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States	2008	Uniformed Services Social Worker of the Year
US Army	2008	Social Worker of the Year
Randolph High School	2008	Hall of Fame
US Army Medical Department Regiment	2008	Order of Military Medical Merit
US Army	2006	Bronze Star Medal and Combat Action Badge
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society	2004	Member
International Critical Incidence Stress Foundation (Bell/Coryell County, TX Chapter)	1997	Mental Health Professional of the Year
US Army	1997	Social Work Consultant to the US Army Surgeon General Social Worker of the Year (Jr. Officer)
Indiana University	1988	COL Raymond Shoemaker Award
Reserve Officers Association	1988	Outstanding Senior Cadet

Overview

COL Jeffrey S. Yarvis, PhD a published social work and military scholar in the field of psychological trauma for over 20 years, has practiced internationally with disaster, domestic violence, child abuse, sexual abuse, accident, and war-induced trauma across many different cultures and populations. He has received numerous honors for his humanitarian efforts to include 2008 Uniformed Services Social Worker of the Year, 2008 U.S. Army Social Worker of the Year, the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Action Badge and induction into the Order of Military Medical Merit. He received the Alpha proficiency designator as a military professor in social work.

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	As first military social work officer killed in action, Army Lt. Col. David Cabrera was a 'soldier of kindness' (11/08/2012)
	USC to train social workers on military issues (11/27/2011)
	Hospital officially opens Traumatic Brain Injury department

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A dynamical systems analysis of change in PTSD symptoms, depression symptoms, and suicidal ideation among military personnel during treatment for PTSD. J Affect Disord. 2024 Apr 01; 350:125-132. Bryan CJ, Butner JE, Tabares JV, Brown LA, Young-McCaughan S, Hale WJ, Litz BT, Yarvis JS, Fina BA, Foa EB, Resick PA, Peterson AL, STRONG STAR Consortium. PMID: 38220099.

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Psy Psychiatry
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Psychometric Properties of the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview-Short Form Among U.S. Active Duty Military Service Members and Veterans. Assessment. 2023 10; 30(7):2332-2346. Stanley IH, Marx BP, Fina BA, Young-McCaughan S, Tyler HC, Sloan DM, Blankenship AE, Dondanville KA, Walker JL, Boffa JW, Bryan CJ, Brown LA, Straud CL, Mintz J, Abdallah CG, Back SE, Blount TH, DeBeer BB, Flanagan J, Foa EB, Fox PT, Fredman SJ, Krystal J, McDevitt-Murphy ME, McGeary DD, Pruiksma KE, Resick PA, Roache JD, Shiroma P, Taylor DJ, Wachen JS, Kaplan AM, López-Roca AL, Nicholson KL, Schobitz RP, Schrader CC, Sharrieff AM, Yarvis JS, Litz BT, Keane TM, Peterson AL. PMID: 36644835.

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Psy Psychology
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Massed vs Intensive Outpatient Prolonged Exposure for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 01 03; 6(1):e2249422. Peterson AL, Blount TH, Foa EB, Brown LA, McLean CP, Mintz J, Schobitz RP, DeBeer BR, Mignogna J, Fina BA, Evans WR, Synett S, Hall-Clark BN, Rentz TO, Schrader C, Yarvis JS, Dondanville KA, Hansen H, Jacoby VM, Lara-Ruiz J, Straud CL, Hale WJ, Shah D, Koch LM, Gerwell KM, Young-McCaughan S, Litz BT, Meyer EC, Blankenship AE, Williamson DE, Roache JD, Javors MA, Sharrieff AM, Niles BL, Keane TM, Consortium to Alleviate PTSD. PMID: 36602803; PMCID: PMC9856757.

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Med Medicine (General)
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The impact of prior head injury on outcomes following group and individual cognitive processing therapy among military personnel. J Trauma Stress. 2022 Dec; 35(6):1684-1695. Wachen JS, Mintz J, LoSavio ST, Kennedy JE, Hale WJ, Straud CL, Dondanville KA, Moring J, Blankenship AE, Vandiver R, Young-McCaughan S, Yarvis JS, Peterson AL, Resick PA, STRONG STAR Consortium. PMID: 36039506.

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Mil Military Medicine Psy Psychology
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Treatment responder status and time to response as a function of hazardous drinking among active-duty military receiving variable-length cognitive processing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychol Trauma. 2023 Mar; 15(3):386-393. LoSavio ST, Straud CL, Dondanville KA, Fridling NR, Wachen JS, McMahon CJ, Mintz J, Young-McCaughan S, Yarvis JS, Peterson AL, Resick PA. PMID: 35679210.

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Psy Psychology
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Perceptions and experiences of web-prolonged exposure for posttraumatic stress disorder: A mixed-methods study. Psychol Trauma. 2024 Jan; 16(1):143-148. McLean CP, Miller ML, Dondanville KA, Rauch SAM, Yarvis JS, Wright EC, Hall-Clark BN, Fina BA, Litz BT, Mintz J, Young-McCaughan S, Peterson AL, Foa EB. PMID: 35099219.

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Psy Psychology
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Secondary individual outcomes following multicouple group therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: An uncontrolled pilot study with military dyads. J Trauma Stress. 2022 02; 35(1):321-329. Macdonald A, Fredman SJ, Taylor DJ, Pruiksma KE, Blount TH, Hall-Clark BN, Fina BA, Dondanville KA, Mintz J, Litz BT, Young-McCaughan S, Le Y, Jenkins AIC, Monson CM, Yarvis JS, Keane TM, Peterson AL, Consortium to Alleviate PTSD. PMID: 34800060.

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Mil Military Medicine Psy Psychology
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STRONG STAR and the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD: Shaping the future of combat PTSD and related conditions in military and veteran populations. Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 11; 110:106583. Peterson AL, Young-McCaughan S, Roache JD, Mintz J, Litz BT, Williamson DE, Resick PA, Foa EB, McGeary DD, Dondanville KA, Taylor DJ, Wachen JS, Fox PT, Bryan CJ, McLean CP, Pruiksma KE, Yarvis JS, Niles BL, Abdallah CG, Averill LA, Back SE, Baker MT, Blount TH, Borah AM, Borah EV, Brock MS, Brown LA, Burg MM, Cigrang JA, DeBeer BB, DeVoe ER, Fina BA, Flanagan JC, Fredman SJ, Gardner CL, Gatchel RR, Goodie JL, Gueorguieva R, Higgs JB, Jacoby VM, Kelly KM, Krystal JH, Lapiz-Bluhm MD, López-Roca AL, Marx BP, Maurer DM, McDevitt-Murphy ME, McGeary CA, Meyer EC, Miles SR, Monson CM, Morilak DA, Moring JC, Mysliwiec V, Nicholson KL, Rauch SAM, Riggs DS, Rosen CS, Rudd MD, Schobitz RP, Schrader CC, Shinn AM, Shiroma PR, Sloan DM, Stern SL, Strong R, Vannoy SD, Young KA, Keane TM, STRONG STAR Consortium and the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD. PMID: 34600107.

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Med Medicine (General)The Therapeutics
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Variable-length Cognitive Processing Therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in active duty military: Outcomes and predictors. Behav Res Ther. 2021 06; 141:103846. Resick PA, Wachen JS, Dondanville KA, LoSavio ST, Young-McCaughan S, Yarvis JS, Pruiksma KE, Blankenship A, Jacoby V, Peterson AL, Mintz J, STRONG STAR Consortium. PMID: 33894644.

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Beh Behavioral Sciences The Therapeutics
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Parameters of Aggressive Behavior in a Treatment-Seeking Sample of Military Personnel: A Secondary Analysis of Three Randomized Controlled Trials of Evidence-Based PTSD Treatments. Behav Ther. 2021 01; 52(1):136-148. Berke DS, Carney JR, Rusowicz-Orazem L, Kline NK, Grunthal B, Mintz J, Yarvis JS, Peterson AL, Young-McCaughan S, Foa EB, Resick PA, Litz BT, STRONG STAR Consortium. PMID: 33483111.

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Intensive, Multi-Couple Group Therapy for PTSD: A Nonrandomized Pilot Study With Military and Veteran Dyads. Behav Ther. 2020 09; 51(5):700-714. Fredman SJ, Macdonald A, Monson CM, Dondanville KA, Blount TH, Hall-Clark BN, Fina BA, Mintz J, Litz BT, Young-McCaughan S, Hancock AK, Rhoades GK, Yarvis JS, Resick PA, Roache JD, Le Y, Wachen JS, Niles BL, McGeary CA, Keane TM, Peterson AL, Consortium to Alleviate PTSD. PMID: 32800299; PMCID: PMC10760800.

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Beh Behavioral Sciences The Therapeutics
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Depression Suppresses Treatment Response for Traumatic Loss-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Active Duty Military Personnel. J Trauma Stress. 2019 10; 32(5):774-783. Jacoby VM, Hale W, Dillon K, Dondanville KA, Wachen JS, Yarvis JS, Litz BT, Mintz J, Young-McCaughan S, Peterson AL, Resick PA, STRONG STAR Consortium. PMID: 31461575; PMCID: PMC6800580.

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Mil Military Medicine Psy Psychology
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Guilt in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Active Duty Military Personnel. J Trauma Stress. 2019 08; 32(4):616-624. McLean CP, Zandberg L, Brown L, Zang Y, Benhamou K, Dondanville KA, Yarvis JS, Litz BT, Mintz J, Young-McCaughan S, Peterson AL, Foa EB, STRONG STAR Consortium. PMID: 31356703.

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Mil Military Medicine Psy Psychology
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Conceptualizing comorbid PTSD and depression among treatment-seeking, active duty military service members. J Affect Disord. 2019 09 01; 256:541-549. Moring JC, Nason E, Hale WJ, Wachen JS, Dondanville KA, Straud C, Moore BA, Mintz J, Litz BT, Yarvis JS, Young-McCaughan S, Peterson AL, Resick PA, STRONG STAR Consortium. PMID: 31280079; PMCID: PMC6750963.

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Psy Psychiatry
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Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Peritraumatic and Posttraumatic Emotions Questionnaires Among Active Duty Military Personnel With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. J Trauma Stress. 2018 12; 31(6):826-836. Zang Y, Gay NG, Kaczkurkin AN, McLean CP, Wachen JS, Yarvis JS, Litz BT, Yadin E, Mintz J, Roache JD, Young-McCaughan S, Peterson AL, Foa EB, Resick PA, STRONG STAR Consortium. PMID: 30548330.

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Mil Military Medicine Psy Psychology
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Intensive prolonged exposure therapy for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: Design and methodology of a randomized clinical trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 09; 72:126-136. Peterson AL, Foa EB, Blount TH, McLean CP, Shah DV, Young-McCaughan S, Litz BT, Schobitz RP, Castillo DT, Rentz TO, Yarvis JS, Dondanville KA, Fina BA, Hall-Clark BN, Brown LA, DeBeer BR, Jacoby VM, Hancock AK, Williamson DE, Evans WR, Synett S, Straud C, Hansen HR, Meyer EC, Javors MA, Sharrieff AM, Lara-Ruiz J, Koch LM, Roache JD, Mintz J, Keane TM, Consortium to Alleviate PTSD. PMID: 30055335.

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Med Medicine (General)The Therapeutics
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The Influence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on Health Functioning in Active-Duty Military Service Members. J Trauma Stress. 2018 04; 31(2):307-316. Asnaani A, Kaczkurkin AN, Benhamou K, Yarvis JS, Peterson AL, Young-McCaughan S, Borah EV, Dondanville KA, Hembree EA, Litz BT, Mintz J, Foa EB, STRONG STAR Consortium. PMID: 29669183.

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Mil Military Medicine Psy Psychology
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Distinct Trauma Types in Military Service Members Seeking Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. J Trauma Stress. 2018 04; 31(2):286-295. Litz BT, Contractor AA, Rhodes C, Dondanville KA, Jordan AH, Resick PA, Foa EB, Young-McCaughan S, Mintz J, Yarvis JS, Peterson AL, STRONG STAR Consortium. PMID: 29669185.

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Mil Military Medicine Psy Psychology
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Effect of Prolonged Exposure Therapy Delivered Over 2 Weeks vs 8 Weeks vs Present-Centered Therapy on PTSD Symptom Severity in Military Personnel: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2018 01 23; 319(4):354-364. Foa EB, McLean CP, Zang Y, Rosenfield D, Yadin E, Yarvis JS, Mintz J, Young-McCaughan S, Borah EV, Dondanville KA, Fina BA, Hall-Clark BN, Lichner T, Litz BT, Roache J, Wright EC, Peterson AL, STRONG STAR Consortium. PMID: 29362795; PMCID: PMC5833566.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Design of a randomized controlled trial examining the efficacy and biological mechanisms of web-prolonged exposure and present-centered therapy for PTSD among active-duty military personnel and veterans. Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 01; 64:41-48. McLean CP, Rauch SAM, Foa EB, Sripada RK, Tannahill HS, Mintz J, Yarvis J, Young-McCaughan S, Dondanville KA, Hall-Clark BN, Fina BA, Keane TM, Peterson AL, STRONG STAR Consortium and the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD. PMID: 29128649.

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Med Medicine (General)The Therapeutics
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Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies Associated With the DSM-5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Criteria. J Trauma Stress. 2017 08; 30(4):343-350. Kaczkurkin AN, Zang Y, Gay NG, Peterson AL, Yarvis JS, Borah EV, Dondanville KA, Hembree EA, Litz BT, Mintz J, Young-McCaughan S, Foa EB, STRONG STAR Consortium. PMID: 28665526.

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Mil Military Medicine Psy Psychology
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Effect of Group vs Individual Cognitive Processing Therapy in Active-Duty Military Seeking Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2017 Jan 01; 74(1):28-36. Resick PA, Wachen JS, Dondanville KA, Pruiksma KE, Yarvis JS, Peterson AL, Mintz J, and the STRONG STAR Consortium, Borah EV, Brundige A, Hembree EA, Litz BT, Roache JD, Young-McCaughan S. PMID: 27893032.

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Psy Psychiatry Psy Psychology
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Predictors of suicidal ideation among active duty military personnel with posttraumatic stress disorder. J Affect Disord. 2017 Jan 15; 208:392-398. McLean CP, Zang Y, Zandberg L, Bryan CJ, Gay N, Yarvis JS, Foa EB, STRONG STAR Consortium. PMID: 27810723.

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Psy Psychiatry
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The impact of social support, unit cohesion, and trait resilience on PTSD in treatment-seeking military personnel with PTSD: The role of posttraumatic cognitions. J Psychiatr Res. 2017 03; 86:18-25. Zang Y, Gallagher T, McLean CP, Tannahill HS, Yarvis JS, Foa EB, STRONG STAR Consortium. PMID: 27886636.

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Psy Psychiatry
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Secondary traumatic stress in military primary and mental health care providers. Mil Med. 2013 Dec; 178(12):1310-5. Kintzle S, Yarvis JS, Bride BE. PMID: 24306012.

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Mil Military Medicine
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A civilian social worker's guide to the treatment of war-induced PTSD. Soc Work Health Care. 2011; 50(1):51-72. Yarvis JS. PMID: 21240771.

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No one leaves unchanged: insights for civilian mental health care professionals into the military experience and culture. Soc Work Health Care. 2011; 50(7):487-500. Coll JE, Weiss EL, Yarvis JS. PMID: 21846250.

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Subthreshold Post Traumatic Stress Disorder:: A Comparison of Veterans with Different Levels of Traumatic Stress - Implications for the Prevention and Treatment of Populations with PTSD. 2008; 180. Jeffrey Yarvis. . View Publication.